Most of the university’s “students” will be government workers and defense contractors, although TCS officials hope to attract more private businesses in the future. Cyber security experts from across the country will teach courses at the university in fields like information assurance and network exploitation. The idea is to create a “boot camp” for cyber security professionals, said Drew Morin, a senior vice president at TeleCommunication Systems.

Class rates were not disclosed.

“I believe we will only see the number of jobs in cyber security accelerate,” Morin said. “As the cyber requirements keep coming out, you’re seeing more and more systems that need to be protected.”

Based in Annapolis, TCS (NASDAQ: TSYS) is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communication systems for the military, including the U.S. Department of Defense.

It’s no coincidence the new cyber university is in Hanover, not far from Fort George G. Meade and the U.S. Cyber Command based there. The command is being led by Gen. Keith Alexander, also head of National Security Agency at Fort Meade.

“A constellation of cyber security assets place Maryland at the heart of the nation’s efforts to protect our digital infrastructure,” Christian S. Johansson, secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, said in a statement.

The new cyber center has six classrooms and could teach about 4,000 students a year. That’s a significant increase for TCS. Up until now, it has offered courses to about 1,700 students from alternate locations.

Morin said while much of TCS’s business comes from the military, he expects there will be rising demand from corporations to protect their networks from cyber attacks in the future. The university is planning to hold a course in cyber security for commercial businesses in June.